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Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by TheBeardKing » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

cpursley wrote: post #80

teddyc wrote: post #77

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Cumberland Island is an awesome place to camp. I have some very fond memories of it.

Yes! It's a great place to get away from civilization for a bit and camp with family or friends: https://www.nps.gov/cuis/planyourvisit/camping.htm

But if you have a lot of money you don't have to bother with the bugs and the riff-raff at the campground, you can overnight in a B&B[1]! Make sure you bring your dinner jacket though. They even provide a private ferry from Fernandina Beach, FL, so no risk of accidentally touching any smelly campers. [1]http://greyfieldinn.com

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by puranjay » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

salimmadjd wrote: post #8

Drone photography is transforming how we tell visual stories. I've been doing photography since college and rather passionately for the past 15 years (some of my work here[0]). I have literally changed my perspective, and I am obsessed with it. Shooting from a drone, with a straight-down vantage point, has allowed me to explore my coastal muse with a brand new eye To me along with mobile phone, the drones are transfo…

Man, your work is beautiful!

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by isostatic » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #107

smhost wrote: post #10

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> I have literally changed my perspective, and I am obsessed with it. Shooting from a drone, with a straight-down vantage point, has allowed me to explore my coastal muse with a brand new eye Sounds very Jackson Pollock. > There are a lot of privacy concerns, which is fair. But I don't see that privacy concern in public areas any worse than mobile phones. This directly contradicts your earlier point about being able…

I think the idea is that anything in public can be photographed at any time by any one. If you're out in public, someone could photograph you with a cell phone from the street, from a building, from a helicopter, etc. Drones don't change that equation in the slightest. What drone photography does change is how easy it is to photograph angles that were difficult before, not the fact that it's possible. Which is the sa…

Of course they do. My yard has a 6' fence, no houses overlook it, it's therefore private.

A drone changes that.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by TheBeardKing » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

washadjeffmad wrote: post #109

adrr wrote: post #99

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This same attitude is why SF has a housing crisis.

Because currently profitable industries have consolidated themselves within a few nearby localities, leading to a population explosion that may not be sustainable should those industries not 'continue on an ever-upwards growth trajectory'? Perhaps what's happening in the bay is the result of responsible, long sighted policies designed to mitigate or forestall a population collapse during a proverbial gold rush in wha…

What you're neglecting in your argument is the weather of central coastal CA. Not only is it far more temperate, it also lacks the constant threat of hurricanes or blizzards. Small earthquake chance, but nothing serious so far. There's a reason the deep south is so cheap - no one wants to summer in our heat and humidity! And very few people enjoy surviving the winters of Detroit.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by drewmol » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 5:57 PM UTC

simonbarker87 wrote: post #81

jonknee wrote: post #78

> I stopped at a station with pay-first pumps Are there pumps that aren't pay-first? Even in non self-service states they ask for payment first.

Every pump in the UK is pay after pump, unless it’s pay at pump then you are limited to £99 usually but it’s just a hold, it only charges when you reseat the pump handle. It freaks me out in Europe and the US when I come across a pay first pump, I don’t know how much it’s going to cost to fill up and then I need to go back in to get my change, ridiculous!

Typically the cashier can "turn on the pump" (enable pumping prior to paymemt) on request, and you can pay after pumping.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by freehunter » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

isostatic wrote: post #113

freehunter wrote: post #107

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I think the idea is that anything in public can be photographed at any time by any one. If you're out in public, someone could photograph you with a cell phone from the street, from a building, from a helicopter, etc. Drones don't change that equation in the slightest. What drone photography does change is how easy it is to photograph angles that were difficult before, not the fact that it's possible. Which is the sa…

Of course they do. My yard has a 6' fence, no houses overlook it, it's therefore private. A drone changes that.

I guess you missed the part where everyone was repeatedly saying "public space".

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

lousyd wrote: post #92

ubertaco wrote: post #7

St. Simon's Island was a childhood vacation spot for me. I loved it. Having gone back just this year for the first time in over 20 years, I realized I like it even more now that I can enjoy the small-beach-town atmosphere and the deep-rooted history. It's not Orlando, It's not Miami, it's not even Jacksonville. It's a tiny little spot with decent beaches, a long history that's reasonably-well-preserved, and quiet rel…

It looks to be more of an "island" than an island. I mean, the piece of water barely separating it from the rest of Georgia is called a "creek", for pete's sake.

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Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by mieseratte » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

TheBeardKing wrote: post #108

mieseratte wrote: post #52

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> The same thing happend to Hilton Head Island, SC. Most of the south end has become a gated community. Hilton Head native here, I don't think the HHI history is quite the same. Prior to Fraser kicking off the island as we know it in the '50s, it was basically just a handful of Freedmen farmers, Gullah natives and a rather large hunting reserve for the rich. Also, while some of the gated communities don't allow the r…

Fripp Island was inline with discussion on the privatization of beaches. The only bridge to get to Fripp Island is through Hunting Island, and they don't let non-residents through. Sea Pines is a little more lax since it's not as elite as Sea Island - they don't check the credentials of cyclists, and it's the only way I've visted. I'm not sure how much of the beach is considered public in east coast states, I know CA…

> they don't check the credentials of cyclists, and it's the only way I've visted.

They sell tourist passes for $6 (Used to be $5... damn inflation).

> I'm not sure how much of the beach is considered public in east coast states

In the state of SC, there is no such thing as a private beach. Of course if the island is fully gated, it would require boat access.

In the case of Fripp, there is no public parking insofar as I'm aware but one could park at the edge of Hunting Island, walk across the bridge, then access the beach as the gates are inset.

Of course I'm also sure the security folks would try and make you feel unwelcome. One of those "can't beat the ride, can beat the rap" situations.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by jstarfish » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

salimmadjd wrote: post #8

Drone photography is transforming how we tell visual stories. I've been doing photography since college and rather passionately for the past 15 years (some of my work here[0]). I have literally changed my perspective, and I am obsessed with it. Shooting from a drone, with a straight-down vantage point, has allowed me to explore my coastal muse with a brand new eye To me along with mobile phone, the drones are transfo…

> the drones are transforming how ordinary people are able to capture and tell amazing stories.

I disagree. Drones are allowing ordinary people to take ordinary pictures, only from a much greater height.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by pnathan » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 6:45 PM UTC

mieseratte wrote: post #71

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #67

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That's exactly the kind of town I grew up in (albeit at a more northern latitude). The veneer of quaintness that draws people to the town is very thin, just enough to get them to open their wallets. Beneath that it's all dysfunction and scum liberally sprinkled with less than ethical business practices and corrupt politics that everone's managed convince themselves is normal or doesn't exist. I've lived in a variety…

The cops sweeping crime under the rug was definitely a thing growing up where I did, and the local paper was complicit as well. I think one of the real differences between a strictly-tourist town and the island I grew up on was that it also served as an upscale retirement destination for Snowbird types such that it has its own thriving economy and year-round population (in the 30,000 - 40,000 range) so it wasn't stri…

In a tourist trap place I used to live, all the crime was committed by hispanics. Non-hispanic names barely made it onto the newspaper's crime blotter. This started getting really weird after a while, once you realized most of the local population was not, in fact, hispanic.

very glad I left, never have regretted it.